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Enrollment
817
Middle
DISTRICT 723 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123000495
North Clayton Middle School
5517 W Fayetteville Rd, College Park, GA 30349 · (770) 994-4025 · Clayton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL817 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Georgia public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
817 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 250 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 289 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 278 | 34% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
22.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.2pp since 2021
Math
18.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.6% | 18.5% |
| 2023-24 | 22.9% | 16.8% |
| 2022-23 | 24.2% | 12.9% |
| 2021-22 | 17.4% | 13.0% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
21.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like North Clayton Middle School
North Clayton Middle School's state test result (21.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Clayton Middle School this school | 817 | 100.0% | 21.1% |
| Stephenson Middle School Stone Mountain | 788 | 100.0% | 27.4% |
| Camp Creek Middle School Atlanta | 748 | 100.0% | 26.7% |
| Newbern Middle School Valdosta | 725 | 100.0% | 16.9% |
| Clements Middle School Covington | 705 | 100.0% | 19.4% |
| McNair Middle School Decatur | 701 | 100.0% | 23.5% |
Matched among Georgia middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where North Clayton Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #388 of 470 | #8 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #402 of 474 ▼ 6 | #7 of 15 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #384 of 474 ▲ 11 | #3 of 15 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.4pp | #193 of 465 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 817 | #190 of 487 | #6 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #460 of 471 | #17 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.4% | #393 of 471 | #14 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #31 of 479 | #8 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.9% | #137 of 144 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
817
-65 (-7%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 774
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 19.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 817 | 46 | 17.8:1 | 100% (817) |
| 2023-24 | 760 | 46 | 16.5:1 | 100% (760) |
| 2022-23 | 767 | 50 | 15.3:1 | 90% (694) |
| 2020-21 | 882 | 46 | 19.2:1 | 93% (820) |
| 2017-18 | 810 | 44 | 18.4:1 | 100% (806) |
| 2015-16 | 824 | 43 | 19.2:1 | 100% (820) |
| 2010-11 | 860 | 55 | 15.6:1 | 89% (768) |
| 2000-01 | 976 | 53 | 18.4:1 | 66% (649) |
| 1990-91 | 774 | 47 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Clayton Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (810 to 817); teachers up 5% (44 to 46).
About North Clayton Middle School
Among the schools in College Park, Georgia, is North Clayton Middle School, a medium-sized middle school. It enrolled 817 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year.
The Clayton County system has 68 schools and 51,326 students.
Most students at North Clayton Middle School are Black: 83% of enrollment. The remaining students are 12% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Clayton County is about 69% Black. By the diversity index, North Clayton Middle School comes in at 30%.
Its teaching staff equals 46 full-time positions, a ratio of 17.8:1. For comparison, middle schools in Georgia average 14.1:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 100%.
Measured against Georgia public middle schools, North Clayton Middle School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
North Clayton Middle School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (21.1%) and its predicted rate (25.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
Census estimates describe Clayton County this way: median household income is about $59,806, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Clayton County number 73 and enroll about 63,156.
Of nearby public schools, Northcutt Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, North Clayton Middle School is ahead of the 18.9% nearby average, ranking 5th of 8.
North Clayton Middle School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
North Clayton Middle School saw enrollment fall 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 19.2:1 to 17.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Clayton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,924
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
63,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clayton County
- Morrow High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
- Forest Park High SchoolHigh · 1,711 students
- Charles R. Drew High SchoolHigh · 1,708 students
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
Other schools in College Park
- Banneker High SchoolHigh · 1,695 students
- North Clayton High SchoolHigh · 1,124 students
- Main Street Charter AcademyElementary · 817 students
- Nolan Elementary SchoolElementary · 779 students
- McNair Middle SchoolMiddle · 727 students
- Wolf Creek ElementaryElementary · 712 students
Nearby schools
- Northcutt Elementary School0.1 mi · 618
- North Clayton High School0.6 mi · 1,124
- Georgia Cyber Academy (Virtual)0.8 mi · 9,952
- West Clayton Elementary School1.0 mi · 464
- Skyview High School1.5 mi · 346
- Heritage Elementary School1.6 mi · 597
Frequently asked questions
About North Clayton Middle SchoolHow many students attend North Clayton Middle School?
North Clayton Middle School enrolls approximately 817 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does North Clayton Middle School serve?
North Clayton Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at North Clayton Middle School?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at North Clayton Middle School.
How diverse is North Clayton Middle School?
North Clayton Middle School reports a student body of 0% White, 12% Hispanic, 83% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is North Clayton Middle School public or private?
North Clayton Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clayton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.